Woke Up This Morning Quotes

“Does your acting training help with your singing? Dominic: Absolutely. It’s about the words. Learning the words. Sinatra was a good actor. He used to study the lyrics before he worked on a song. Because he appreciated it. If you don’t love words, don’t be an actor. A lot of the singers today, they sing the music. You can’t sing the music. You have to sing the lyrics, make them count. I would tell them, “What are you singing about?” It’s very important.”
― Michael Imperioli, Woke Up This Morning: The Bestselling, Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

“thinking about?” I said, “Yes, Walt. I’m thinking about my grandfather.” “What was his name?” I said, “Dominic.” “What did he do for a living?” “He was a stonemason like my father. He was a very strong man, knew how to cut stone, and very large hands, strong hands.” Walt said, “Really, can you describe the hands?” He said, “Just describe the hands. Talk about your grandfather.” I said, “Okay. My grandfather,” and all of a sudden I started to cry, and I didn’t stop. He said, “Keep talking, Dominic, keep talking.” I talked about my father’s hands, and I cried for about a minute and a half. There was a stunned silence in the classroom. Walt said, “Dominic,” he said, “that’s acting.” Then I realized what he meant that acting is really an inside thing. It comes from the inside; you can’t fake it.”
― Michael Imperioli, Woke Up This Morning: The Bestselling, Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

“Meet me at Webendorfer’s parking”
― Michael Imperioli, Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos